Living in a very slow Hitchcock movie

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There’s this crazy sparrow, been bashing itself against our study window for the past few days. This is the fire escape window, so there’s a metal mesh inside, a clearly visible barrier even if the bird doesn’t see the glass there. But every day since Thursday, at some point in the afternoon, I can hear that sparrow knocking against that window.

Yesterday there was a pigeon strutting around outside on the air conditioner in our bedroom window.

Just moments ago I heard the sparrow at the study window again. There’s now a second sparrow out there, watching the first one.